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Re: MIDI Controllers for Ableton Live



I think this is what I had in mind.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MPK25

I don't really need a controller for Mobius, as I have a MIDI foot controller for that. What I really need is something to control various parameters in Live, play soft synths, etc.

The Korg microKONTROL  looks like something similar.


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On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Kris Hartung <krispen.hartung@gmail.com> wrote:
What are you Live users using for MIDI Controllers?


Depends on what type of gig and the required setup. My "big gun"
controller is a Gordius Little Giant extended with three expression
pedals and one switch. I also sometimes use a Korg microKONTROL (piano
keys, faders, knobs, buttons). Sometimes I've even plugged in an old
Roland MC303 (not using its audio, just as a MIDI controller). But I'd
say anything that sends MIDI Notes and MIDI CC#s work well with Live.
I have been using three German Faderfox hand mixer/button pad as well.
The last one of them is talking to Live in Native Mode which some
users find convenient, but since I set up my own patches I tend to
kill Native Mode on boot-up.

But one of the biggest goodies with Live IMHO is that you can use
computer keyboard commands so extensively! On most concerts I do more
electronic processing in Mobius than in Live but that also works very
nice when hosting that looper in Live. If clicking in a Live window
any computer keys you hit will activate the learned Live commands but
if first clicking in the Mobius window any following computer key
hitting will activate the learned Mobius commands. I find this a real
blessing, since I use to distribute the optional commands over several
controllers so there will always be a fast way to reach a command on
some of them in the heat of the battle.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.perboysen.com
http://www.youtube.com/perboysen